Flowers Foods (FLO) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)

Flowers Foods (FLO) has 18 years of Operating Margin data on file, last reported at 5.77% in Q1 2026.

• On a quarterly basis, Operating Margin fell 1129.0% year-over-year to 5.77% in Q1 2026; TTM through Jan 2026 was 3.31%, a 351.0% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2026 full-year figure at 3.31%, down 351.0% from the prior year.
• Operating Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 5.77%, down from 5.42% in the prior quarter.
• Over the last five years, Operating Margin for FLO reached as high as 7.8% in Q2 2022 and fell as low as 5.77% in Q1 2026.
• Historically, Operating Margin has averaged 4.87% across 5 years, with a median of 5.92% in 2022.
• Across the five-year window, Operating Margin surged 1252 bps in 2024 and slumped 1129 bps in 2026, its largest moves.
• Year by year, Operating Margin stood at 5.92% in 2022, then declined by 25 bps to 4.42% in 2023, then grew by 25 bps to 5.52% in 2024, then dropped by 2 bps to 5.42% in 2025, then tumbled by 206 bps to 5.77% in 2026.
• Per Business Quant data, the three most recent Operating Margin figures were 5.77% in Q1 2026, 5.42% in Q4 2025, and 7.52% in Q3 2025.